Contacts are the solution for missing glasses

Dear Editor,

I went through the same thing [columnist] Susan Nienow is going through (Mar. 21): trying to keep up with eyeglasses, the chains, cases, hooking them on a shirt, etc., and where to put them when not in use. The solution? Contact lenses!

Please tell Susan that there are contacts for folks like us who are farsighted (and like she said, don't need corrective lenses for driving) and can't read the paper or the date on a coin. They are bifocal contacts, and easier to get used to than progressive bifocal glasses.

Contacts are a very simple solution, and if she needs help getting them in, I will come and help her. I went through trying to get them in and the frustrations of a new user (putting them in the wrong eye, dropping them, putting them in inside-out, not being able to get them out, and putting them in with a foreign body - dirt or hair), but after about 50 tries (just kidding), I'm an expert.

Good luck to the funny lady. I, like Gail Campton, also enjoy Susan's columns of struggles and identify with almost all of them. She's down to earth, and there's no way anyone could make up stories like she tells... they hit too close to home!

Cathy Kirkland

Midlothian